Electrical Machines Engineer

Rolls-Royce; Derby; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Electrical Machines Engineer to join their innovative team in the UK. This role involves the electrification of products across various sectors, focusing on electrical power generation and distribution. You will leverage your expertise in electrical machine design and analysis to contribute to cutting-edge projects. The company offers a supportive environment that fosters growth and inclusivity, ensuring that your unique skills and perspectives are valued. If you are passionate about engineering and want to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Excellent development opportunities

Competitive salary

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of electrical rotating machines and design processes.
• Experience in designing for manufacture and assembly.
• Familiarity with aerospace certification standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate power systems integrating electrical machines.
• Conduct rig testing and produce comprehensive design documentation.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers on Design for X.

Skills

Electrical Machine Design

Power Generation Systems

Communication Skills

Electrical System Analysis

Technical Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered Engineer Status

Tools

MotorCAD

COMSOL

ANSYS Maxwell

MATLAB/SIMULINK

PSPICE

Job description

Job Description

Electrical Machines Engineer

Full Time

Derby, Solihull or Bristol

We have an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Machines Engineer to join our team in the UK (Derby or Solihull preferred, Bristol possible).

Our Electrical and Electronics team is part of E24S (Electrical, Electronics, Systems, Software and System Security) and supports all our operating sectors of Civil Aerospace, Defence, and Power Systems.

Our current activities are focused heavily on electrification of products across the company’s main businesses, in particular developing electrical power generation, power conversion, energy storage, and electrical power distribution solutions. Projects vary in scope but include TRL1-6 technology development and capability acquisition programmes which may involve concept architecture studies, modelling, simulation, rig prototype development and rig testing, up to full scale product demonstrators, and moving into TRL6+ new product introduction programmes with associated validation and certification work.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

In this exciting role, you will require in-depth knowledge of various types of electrical rotating machines, design and analysis, design for manufacture and assembly, verification and manufacturing processes are important to the role as is utilisation of electrical machine modelling and design tools. Excellent organisational & communication skills are vital as the role may require working on multiple projects simultaneously, and will involve communicating across, upwards and downwards within the organisation, as well as:

• Electrical machine development including requirements definition, trade studies, design and analysis.
• Design of electrical machines, from low TRL prototype demonstrators through to production standards, covering powers ranging from a few kW to several MW.
• Contribute to a wide range of electrical technologies from high power density, high speed electrical machines through to key enabling technologies to facilitate high temperature, harsh environment operation.
• Develop, implement and validate power systems and sub-systems that integrate electrical machines operating in both generation and motoring applications, involving AC-AC / AC-DC and DC-DC conversion stages that will connect to a grid, aircraft system or other loads.
• Work with manufacturing engineers and the wider supply chain on Design for X (e.g. Design for Manufacture, Design for Assembly, Design for Cost).
• Work with broader electrical team to develop complete power system requirements and solutions.
• Work with materials specialists to implement robust, well-understood solutions (e.g. insulation systems) into our machine designs for safe and reliable performance in challenging conditions.
• Produce clear, comprehensive product specifications, performance requirements and design documentation with input as necessary from mechanical, electrical and systems teams, as well as partners and suppliers as appropriate.
• Rig / laboratory testing of experimental systems with hardware or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL).
• Contribute to the maturity of Rolls-Royce’s electrical machine’s capability, including design and analysis process development and test facility development.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent. Chartered Engineer status preferred.
• Significant experience in designing electrical machines for power generation systems for aerospace or similar adjacent industries (e.g. automotive).
• Experience or working appreciation of interfacing electrical components, including: inverters, energy storage devices, drives and powertrains.
• Experience with various types of electrical machine, with a good working knowledge of different machine types including Permanent Magnet, Switched Reluctance, Wound Field and Induction machines, with an understanding of the benefits and limitations of each machine type.
• Experienced in the use of electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical design packages for electrical machine design, including:
  • Lower fidelity modelling tools such as MotorCAD.
  • 2D and 3D electromagnetic and multiphysics FEA packages, for example COMSOL or ANSYS Maxwell.
  • Optimisation tools such as iSight or Optislang is beneficial.
• An appreciation of electrical system analysis tools such as MATLAB/SIMULINK, PSPICE etc.
• Experience in writing technical documents such as: design reports, interface documents, procurement & test specification and electrical schematics.
• Familiarisation with aerospace certification standards, for example CS-25, CS-E, DO160, is beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills (i.e., verbal, written, and presentation) to both expert and non-expert audiences.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Job Category Electrical and Electronics Posting Date 30 Apr 2025; 00:04 Posting End Date 13 May 2025